[GNC-dev] Gnucash and the UK's "Making Tax Digital" initiative

[Mike Evans]

On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 23:29:30 +0800
Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 at 17:49, Mike Evans <mikee at saxicola.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > For VAT there are examples at
> > https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/api/service/vat-api/1.0#_submit-vat-return-for-period_post_accordion
> > although I've not tested anything there yet.  I've only tested the Self
> > Assessment API at
> > https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/api/service/self-assessment-api/2.0#selfemployment-business_get-a-selfemployment-periodic-update_get_accordion
> > in the posted Python scripts.
> >
> > For creating a test user for VAT this looks like the page
> > https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/api/service/api-platform-test-user/1.0#_create-a-test-user-which-is-an-individual_post_accordion
> > I'll try that with some python later.
> >
> > Have you registered as a developer with HMRC? What's your solution to the
> > client_secret problem?
> >
> >  
> All these are "bridging software" problems.
> I'm prepared to export from income-gst-statement to period-summary.json or
> period-summary.csv
> Bridging software will take the above summaries, handle passwords/keys, and
> authenticate/send to HMRC.
> The VAT return examples are trivial to generate.
> 
> C

OK, I'm clear now. I misunderstood what you intended to do.

Mike E